Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تشتّم

Root: شتم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تشتّمV is said by Freytag to signify He exposed himself to contumelies; on the authority of the Ham p. 310: but I there find only the part. n., مُتَشَتِّمٌ, signifying as expl. below: so that the verb, if used, means he became exasperated by reviling, vilifying, &c., and addressed, or applied, himself thereto.
2 He also explains it as signifying He contracted the face very austerely; on the authority of the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]


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